The Associated Press is reporting that con artists are attempting to capitalize on the Newton, Connecticut school shooting tragedy with bogus charities designed to line their own pockets.

“It’s abominable,” President and CEO Ken Berger of Charity Navigator, which evaluates the performance of charities, told the Associated Press. “It’s just the lowest kind of thievery.”

With that in mind, a local group associated with the I-500 Snowmobile Race has come up with its own way to help — promising to get all of the donated items to their intended destination.

“We are collecting teddy bears and other stuffed animals to send to the kids in Sandy Hook,” said Amanda Kemp, one of the event organizers.

The group will be taking donations at Lock City Home Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Kemp said the goal is to pack the Cryderman Racing stock car trailer with stuffed animals during the four-hour collection period. All of the donated items will be packed up and mailed directly to the Newton Fire Department in Connecticut where firefighters are anticipating the delivery.